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Better Messages vulnerabilities
Better Messages has 18 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 25 Sep 2026.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 18
- Active installs
- 10,000+
- Latest version
- 3.0.12
- Last updated
- 30 Sep 2026
- Most recent
- 25 Sep 2026
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQL injection CVE-2026-93899 | Medium 6.5 | Up to 3.0.4 | Fixed in a later version (latest 3.0.12) | 12 d ago |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2026-94376 | Medium 6.4 | Up to 3.0.4 | Fixed in a later version (latest 3.0.12) | 12 d ago |
| Authentication bypass CVE-2026-89093 | Medium 5.3 | Up to 2.15.33 | Fixed in a later version (latest 3.0.12) | 19 Sep 2026 |
| Broken access control CVE-2026-89334 | Medium 6.5 | Up to 2.15.33 | Fixed in a later version (latest 3.0.12) | 19 Sep 2026 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2026-18555 | Medium 6.1 | Up to 2.15.22 | Fixed in a later version (latest 3.0.12) | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Remote code execution CVE-2026-16585 | High 7.2 | Up to 2.15.19 | Fixed in a later version (latest 3.0.12) | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2025-14154 | Medium 6.1 | Up to 2.10.2 | Fixed in a later version (latest 3.0.12) | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Sensitive data exposure CVE-2024-13611 | High 7.5 | Before 2.7.0 | Fixed in 2.7.0 | 1 Mar 2025 |
| Server-side request forgery (SSRF) CVE-2024-13697 | Medium 4.8 | Before 2.7.5 | Fixed in 2.7.5 | 1 Mar 2025 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2024-13612 | Medium 6.4 | Before 2.7.0 | Fixed in 2.7.0 | 1 Feb 2025 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2023-49168 | Medium 6.5 | Before 2.4.1 | Fixed in 2.4.1 | 14 Dec 2023 |
| Server-side request forgery (SSRF) CVE-2022-41609 | Medium 6.4 | Before 1.9.10.69 | Fixed in 1.9.10.69 | 19 Nov 2022 |
| Broken access control CVE-2022-40216 | Medium 4.3 | Before 1.9.10.71 | Fixed in 1.9.10.71 | 18 Nov 2022 |
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2022-36389 | Medium 4.3 | Up to 1.9.9.148 | Fixed in a later version (latest 3.0.12) | 23 Aug 2022 |
| Denial of service CVE-2022-33142 | High 7.7 | Before 1.9.10.58 | Fixed in 1.9.10.58 | 23 Aug 2022 |
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2022-29454 | Low 3.1 | Before 1.9.9.149 | Fixed in 1.9.9.149 | 20 Jul 2022 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2021-24808 | Medium 6.1 | Before 1.9.9.41 | Fixed in 1.9.9.41 | 1 Nov 2021 |
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2021-24809 | High 8.8 | Before 1.9.9.41 | Fixed in 1.9.9.41 | 1 Nov 2021 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2026-93899, 25 Sep 2026
- The Better Messages - Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via 'group_id' Message Meta Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Exploitation requires the BuddyBoss Platform plugin to be installed with its Social Groups component disabled, a state that persists on any site that has previously toggled the Groups component off since BuddyBoss does not drop the wp_bp_groups table upon deactivation. CVE record
- CVE-2026-94376, 25 Sep 2026
- The Better Messages - Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via User Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is exploitable by Subscriber-level users because WordPress core's sanitize_text_field() preserves HTML-entity-encoded payloads (e.g., an iframe srcdoc attribute), allowing the encoded string to be stored as a display name without requiring the unfiltered_html capability, and the plugin subsequently decodes it server-side before rendering. CVE record
- CVE-2026-89093, 19 Sep 2026
- The Better Messages - Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure by Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.33. This is due to the `is_ai_bot_user()` function identifying privileged internal AI bot accounts by performing a prefix check for `'ai-chat-bot-'` against a guest record's stored IP address, which is populated verbatim from the client-controlled `X-Real-IP` request header during unauthenticated guest registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a guest identity that the plugin treats as its own internal AI bot, bypassing the per-room role allowlist, draft-status check, and join filters - which are all short-circuited by the bot check in `user_can_join()` and `user_can_read()` - to join administrator-restricted chat rooms, post messages into them, and read the private message history of other users. CVE record
- CVE-2026-89334, 19 Sep 2026
- The Better Messages - Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.33. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to access the full message transcript, thread metadata, and user data of any chat-room thread without authentication. This is only exploitable when the chat room's only_joined_can_read setting retains its default value of '0'. CVE record
- CVE-2026-18555, 16 Sep 2026
- The Better Messages - Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'icn' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.22 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE record
- CVE-2026-16585, 28 Jul 2026
- The Better Messages - Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_sticker function in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). The prefix check intended to restrict deletion to the uploads directory can be bypassed by crafting a URL that begins with the legitimate uploads base URL but embeds ../ traversal sequences in the path portion, as the normalize_sticker function only applies esc_url_raw(), which does not strip ../ sequences, allowing the traversal payload to be stored verbatim in WordPress options. CVE record
- CVE-2025-14154, 17 Dec 2025
- The Better Messages - Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via guest display name in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE record
- CVE-2024-13611, 1 Mar 2025
- The Better Messages - Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9 via the 'bp-better-messages' directory. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data stored insecurely in the /wp-content/uploads/bp-better-messages directory which can contain file attachments included in chat messages. CVE record
- CVE-2024-13697, 1 Mar 2025
- The Better Messages - Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.4 via the 'nice_links'. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. Successful exploitation requires the "Enable link previews" to be enabled (default). CVE record
- CVE-2024-13612, 1 Feb 2025
- The Better Messages - Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'better_messages_live_chat_button' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE record
- CVE-2023-49168, 14 Dec 2023
- Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages - Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Messages - Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, BuddyBoss: from n/a through 2.4.0. CVE record
- CVE-2022-41609, 19 Nov 2022
- Auth. (subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Better Messages plugin 1.9.10.68 on WordPress. CVE record
- CVE-2022-40216, 18 Nov 2022
- Auth. (subscriber+) Messaging Block Bypass vulnerability in Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.10.69 on WordPress. CVE record
- CVE-2022-36389, 23 Aug 2022
- Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.9.148 at WordPress. CVE record
- CVE-2022-33142, 23 Aug 2022
- Authenticated (subscriber+) Denial Of Service (DoS) vulnerability in WordPlus WordPress Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.10.57 at WordPress. CVE record
- CVE-2022-29454, 20 Jul 2022
- Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPlus Better Messages plugin <= 1.9.9.148 at WordPress allows attackers to upload files. File attachment to messages must be activated. CVE record
- CVE-2021-24808, 1 Nov 2021
- The BP Better Messages WordPress plugin before 1.9.9.41 sanitise (with sanitize_text_field) but does not escape the 'subject' parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue CVE record
- CVE-2021-24809, 1 Nov 2021
- The BP Better Messages WordPress plugin before 1.9.9.41 does not check for CSRF in multiple of its AJAX actions: bp_better_messages_leave_chat, bp_better_messages_join_chat, bp_messages_leave_thread, bp_messages_mute_thread, bp_messages_unmute_thread, bp_better_messages_add_user_to_thread, bp_better_messages_exclude_user_from_thread. This could allow attackers to make logged in users do unwanted actions CVE record
What to do if you run Better Messages
If you run Better Messages, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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